![]() ![]() Maybe I’d caught her by surprise, or maybe that was how they kissed out here. On that balcony, she had a sincerity that went deeper than it had all day. “You didn’t!” She kneaded her hands together. I wanted to seduce her, but I didn’t want to take what wasn’t offered. Her arms stayed around me, but she didn’t move any more than her tongue. It felt me pull her body into it and burst into a raging erection before I had my tongue fully in her mouth. It just knew I was smelling and tasting her. She pressed her face into mine, but her lips weren’t moving or responding. I pulled back to get a look at her face to see if she was horrified or turned off. “I’d love to bury my cock in you until you come again. I’ll make it last a long time.” I paused. I was too close to see her expression, but her voice told me I’d gotten where I wanted to. Lips at the side of her mouth, fingers stroking her neck, I asked, “Do you like to fuck, Harper?”Ī little vowel sound escaped her lips. I could seal the deal in three to five minutes. “You’re staying tonight though? The car.” ![]()
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Dunphrey Leaving Fishers Just Ella Turnabout Takeoffs and Landings The Girl with 500 Middle Names Because of Anya Escape from Memory Say What? The House on the Gulf Double Identity Dexter the Tough Uprising Palace of Mirrors Claim to Fame the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. ![]() Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. ![]() ![]() ![]() The siblings have switched places before, for tests and schoolwork. Ella makes a split-second decision to take on her sister's life. 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That’s partly because it is quite difficult to talk about a book as experimental as Elysium without going into detail about how that book works and partly because I need to talk about the way gender is treated in the book. ![]() This review is going to be rather spoilery. ![]() |